This week, Google opened the waitlist for Bard, its version of ChatGPT.
Google Bard is a new AI chatbot that uses Google’s LaMDA technology to generate text and dialogue from user prompts. It was unveiled on February 6 and is only accessible to a few users in the US and UK. It differs from ChatGPT in that it uses information from the web to answer questions and create content.
However, Google Bard had a bad start when it gave a wrong answer about the James Webb Space Telescope in its demo video. This caused Google’s stock value to plummet by $100 billion and raised questions about Bard’s trustworthiness and accuracy.
Google has apologized for the error and said that Bard is still a work in progress that needs user feedback and improvement. The company also cautioned that Bard will not always be correct and that users should check its responses with other sources.
Google Bard is not widely available yet. Users can join a waitlist at bard.google.com to get access. Google says it will make Bard available to more countries and languages soon.
Google Bard’s goal is to provide users with fresh, high-quality responses that can help them with their work, ideas and curiosity. It can produce different kinds of written media from simple user prompts, such as poems, stories, essays and more. It can also have conversations with users and answer their questions using information from the web.
Google Bard competes with other AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Bing Chat, which have been around longer and have more features. However, Google hopes that its connection with its popular search engine will give it an advantage over its competitors.